1961 Philadelphia Phillies roster

30 players appeared for the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1961 MLB season.

1961 Phillies roster: batting

1961 Philadelphia Phillies batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Johnny Callison1384557412194710.266.363.780
Tony Gonzalez12642658118125815.277.358.795
Tony Taylor1064004710022611.250.304.626
Pancho Herrera1264005610313515.258.351.759
Ruben Amaro13538134981321.257.351.700
Clay Dalrymple12937823835420.220.281.575
Bobby Malkmus12134239797311.231.276.603
Lee Walls9126132738302.280.329.754
Ken Walters8618023412142.228.251.579
Bobby gene Smith7917416442180.253.313.640
Bob Sadowski165447001.130.203.333
Jim Woods2348611290.229.296.713
Choo choo Coleman344736040.128.180.329
Tony Curry153637030.194.216.466
George Williams173649010.250.325.575
Cal Neeman193107021.226.306.564
Jimmie Coker1125310141.400.5311.091
Al Kenders102304010.174.208.426

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1961 Phillies roster: pitching

1961 Philadelphia Phillies pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Art MahaffeyP363211194.10219.11581.250
John BuzhardtP41276184.49202.1921.310
Frank SullivanP49183164.29159.11141.366
Don FerrareseP42145123.76138.2891.361
Dallas GreenP4210244.85128.0511.621
Chris ShortP39166125.94127.1801.791
Robin RobertsP26181105.85117.0541.510
Jim OwensP20175104.47106.2381.420
Jack BaldschunP650533.8899.2591.393
Ken LehmanP412114.2663.1271.361
Paul BrownP51018.1010.012.100
Jack MeyerP10009.002.022.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.